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Junior Year Abroad Network Annual Report 2009-2010 a Project of the Doyle Building Tolerance Initiative Junior Year Abroad Network Annual Report 2009-2010 A project of the Doyle Building Tolerance Initiative 1 BERKLEY CENTER FOR RELIGION, PEACE & WORLD AFFAIRS AT GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY JUNIOR YEAR ABROAD NETWORK ANNUAL REPORT 2009-2010 http://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/projects/junior-year-abroad-network “My JYAN experience in China challenged me to reflect on controversial issues, specifically on reli- gion and politics. In Western China I observed how Islamic culture has had a long and influential impact in the region, and I wanted to understand what my fellow peers wrote about their perceptions and expe- riences with Islam. It was JYAN that allowed me to understand that religious diversity and tolerance can be met through these shared dialogues.” Lisa He, China “JYAN helped me make the most of my per- sonal development throughout my study abroad experience. The moments of self-reflection were codified in my letters, explaining my troubling insights, humorous stories, and moments of con- fusion. By writing for a reader, I was encouraged to navigate the differences between Senegalese culture and my own.” Jennifer Lang, Senegal “Participating in JYAN made me sit back and critically reflect on the everyday cultural learnings and exchanges that tend to fly by unnoticed in the chaos of being abroad. As part of the JYAN network I was able to enjoy and learn from ev- eryone else’s experiences as well as my own – who wouldn’t want to go abroad to twenty-some 2 countries at once?” Meghan Flaherty, Jordan BERKLEY CENTER FOR RELIGION, PEACE & WORLD AFFAIRS AT GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY JUNIOR YEAR ABROAD NETWORK ANNUAL REPORT 2009-2010 “JYAN allowed me to view my study abroad experience through a different lens. Travel and study became a means to understand the reli- gious, political, and social trends in the regions I visited. Above all, I learned that you can connect with just about anyone talking about faith, fam- ily, politics, or the local sports team.” Andrew Dubbins, Italy “Through JYAN, I could relate my experience with poverty in Thailand to similar situations in South Africa or Kenya. Although each was in a distinct context, common themes of hope, generosity and compassion seemed to appear in each location. These similarities are what connect humans to humans and allow for international, intercultural and intergenerational understanding and empathy.” Katalyn Voss, Thailand/New Zealand Table of Contents About the 2009-2010 Junior Year Abroad Network .......................................... 4 Student Letters from Abroad Religion and Culture through Local Traditions ............................................ 6 Family Life ................................................................................ 9 Gender Issues and Women’s Empowerment .............................................. 11 Immigration and Minority Issues ......................................................... 13 The Impact of History on Modern Life .................................................... 16 The Impact of Secularization .............................................................. 20 Global Development ..................................................................... 22 The Global Economy ..................................................................... 24 3 Perceptions of America Abroad . .26 BERKLEY CENTER FOR RELIGION, PEACE & WORLD AFFAIRS AT GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY 2009-2010 JYAN Student Participants ......................................................JUNIOR YEAR ABROAD NETWORK. ANNUAL REPORT 2009-201028 http://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/projects/junior-year-abroad-network About the 2009-2010 Junior Year Abroad Network 59 Hoyas in 26 countries on 6 continents Study abroad is often a time of profound discovery and self-transformation. Students confront new cultures, traditions, languages, and beliefs and though these encounters, discover themselves. The Berkley Center Junior Year Abroad Network (JYAN) connects study abroad students in a global conversation on religion, politics, and culture. Students immersed in diverse settings – from Argentina to Turkey to Japan – share their experiences and observations with one another, the Georgetown community, and beyond. During their time living in a foreign country, students write several letters addressing questions of religion, culture, and politics in a different part of the world, and share their reflections through the Berkley Center website. This reports brings together some of the key excerpts from those letters across topic areas ranging from gender and family life to challenges of economic and social develop- ment. JYAN is part of the Doyle Building Tolerance Initiative. 4 BERKLEY CENTER FOR RELIGION, PEACE & WORLD AFFAIRS AT GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY JUNIOR YEAR ABROAD NETWORK ANNUAL REPORT 2009-2010 Georgetown University TheDoyle Building Tolerance Initiative is a Study Abroad campus-wide effort to promote tolerance and Georgetown University encourages students to spend a semester, year, intellectual engagement with diversity in the cur- or summer session abroad as part of their academic experience. Stu- riculum and outside the classroom. A collaboration dents may enroll in Georgetown-sponsored programs or may oc- between Georgetown College, the Berkley Center casionally study in an independent program overseas. Almost 70% for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, and the of students enroll in direct matriculation programs, where they take Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholar- courses in the language of the host university alongside degree-seeking ship (CNDLS), the Initiative is generously funded students at the institution. By fully integrating at the host university, by alumnus and Board of Directors member Wil- Georgetown students are better able to make the most of the overseas liam J. Doyle (C ’72). The Berkley Center’s Doyle experience. programs encompass the Junior Year Abroad Network (JYAN), the Undergraduate Fellows Berkley Center for Religion, program, and the Undergraduate Learning and In- terreligious Understanding project. The Junior Year Peace, and World Affairs Abroad Network links students studying abroad, The Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs at Georgetown and their encounter with new cultures around the University, created within the Office of the President in March 2006, is world, back to the Georgetown community. The dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of religion and the promotion of Undergraduate Fellows program brings faculty interreligious understanding. Through research, teaching, and service, the and students together for joint research projects Center examines religion as it relates to the global challenges of interna- that explore the broader political and policy im- tional diplomacy, democracy and human rights, and economic and social plications of cultural and religious diversity. The development. Two premises guide the Center’s work: that deeper knowl- Undergraduate Learning and Interreligious edge of religion’s global role is critical to address these challenges, and that Understanding project is a five-year longitudinal the open engagement of religious traditions with one another and with study to track student attitudes towards religious the wider society can promote peace. Thomas Banchoff, associate profes- diversity and their evolution in response to experi- sor in the Department of Government and the Edmund A. Walsh School ences at Georgetown in and outside the classroom. of Foreign Service, is the Center’s founding director. 5 BERKLEY CENTER FOR RELIGION, PEACE & WORLD AFFAIRS AT GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY JUNIOR YEAR ABROAD NETWORK ANNUAL REPORT 2009-2010 http://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/projects/junior-year-abroad-network Religion and Culture Through Local Traditions Spending a semester studying abroad gives students the opportunity to see how people of different coun- tries and of different faiths live their culture or religion. Many students commented that they were sur- prised by the depth of religious belief or the ways culture manifested itself in their host countries. Despite the varieties of practices they encountered, many students found a universal truth: religion and culture are vital to daily life and help shape the identity of people around the world. Students also actively participated in local practices and traditions of their host countries. During the month of Ramadan, some students voluntarily fasted or found their days shaped by dietary restrictions. In some countries, students discovered a dynamic culture that challenged their original perceptions, par- ticularly as the FIFA World Cup began in the summer of 2010. These discoveries give hope that despite religious and cultural differences, respect and knowledge can lead to a more peaceful world. Melissa Verrilli (COL), Spring 2010, Italy Ellen Greer (SFS), Spring 2010, Germany We milled around Piazza San Marco all A colossal burden of shame was shoul- morning taking pictures of people, listen- dered by German society post-World ing to different musicians, and throwing War II – one that would cause Germans confetti. Then at noon the much antici- great difficulty in engaging in any form of pated Volo dell’Angelo began as a woman patriotic enthusiasm for decades thereafter. flew down from the Campanile (with the Half a century later, it seems that Germany help of a harness attached to a zip line). During her flight, the is in a different state of mind. International sporting events speakers played the Hallelujah chorus, and I was reminded – such
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